Digambara
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Digambara
< Sanskrit: naked
Example Sentences
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The Great Head Washing is arranged by the most conservative wing of Jainism, the Digambara.
From Time Magazine Archive
Digambara laymen are not expected to endure such privations.
From Time Magazine Archive
His doctrine was closely allied to Jainism, especially the Digambara sect, but was probably more extravagant and anti-social.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
The Digambara are the more numerous and the stricter sect.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
The Digambara, however, do not consider the straining-cloth, brush, and gauze before the mouth essential to the character of an ascetic, while the Swetambara insist on them.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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